The next morning, Sun Liren once again went to the ruined area of the Caoshan Palace in Mingyang Mountain, and he ordered the Fourth Officer Training Class to transfer more than 100 instructors from the New First Army to participate in the training course during the war in Burma. He ordered these old subordinates to seriously clean up the abandoned area again, and must find out the whereabouts of Chiang Kai-shek, especially to pay attention to whether there is an underground passage in the presidential palace, and he told himself that if there is a tunnel, if there is a "suspicious person" in the tunnel, he will shoot him to death, and then destroy the body.

At noon, the search finally came to fruition, and next to the small flower garden in the original atrium of the Grass Mountain Palace, a very hidden design was found, but a tunnel that had been blown down had been blown up. Sun Liren's cronies then got into it, and found no one in the tunnel, which was more than 280 meters long, except for a few boxes of artifacts from the Palace Museum, about a ton of gold, and more than $3.2 million in cash. In the end, it was not easy to get out of the abandoned area of the gendarmerie brigade headquarters on Yangmingshan, and in addition to finding 12 corpses and the remains of some human bodies, no valuable clues were found in the abandoned area of the gendarmerie brigade headquarters.

Sun Liren was unwilling to order the cadets of the Fourth Officer Training Class to conduct a carpet search on the mountains around Mingyang Mountain, never letting go of any corner, and to see Chiang Kai-shek alive and dead to see the corpse.

Sun Liren, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army, then mobilized the 190th Division, which he could trust, to enter Taipei quickly. At 8 o'clock in the evening of 21 July, a meeting of generals of the army, navy, and air divisions and above on the island of Taiwan was convened in the small hall of the Army Headquarters. At the meeting, he announced that President Chiang Kai-shek had been killed in an air raid on the presidential residence last night. In order not to cause turmoil in Taiwan, as commander-in-chief of the army, he must shoulder his responsibilities to the country at this time. Now he has decided to put the whole of Taiwan under military control. It also set up the Taiwan Military Control Commission, headed by itself and deputy by the chiefs of staff of various branches of the armed forces.

The meeting lasted for more than three hours, and some of the generals attending the meeting expressed that they would obey the leadership of the Military Management Commission and go to the national disaster together. There are also some generals who question the legal surname of the Military Management Commission, but not many people really express their position, and the vast majority of them have a wait-and-see mentality. But in any case, Sun Liren is the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army and the top military leader who is now showing his face, and it is natural for him to come out and preside over the overall situation. The vast majority of the generals obeyed his orders until there were higher-level figures and organizations.

No matter who people always have, some ambitions are not known when the objective conditions are not available, but when the external conditions are suitable, this ambition will be revealed and will swell. Sun Liren has never held any administrative position, has no close cadres in the party affairs and financial and economic systems, does not have very strong connections in the Kuomintang and the military, and is only mediocre compared to those generals with old qualifications and qualifications; he himself does not have the personal prestige to command the Quartet in Taiwan, and he only controls a very small part of the army. But at this time, he felt that Taiwan was under his control. When you are complacent, you will inevitably get a little carried away and inflate yourself. There is no tiger and monkey in the mountains to be the king, and he can't help but have the dream of being the king in Taiwan. Originally, it was agreed with the PLA Guangdong-Fujian Front Command that after getting rid of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang military and political leaders, he would declare an uprising after seizing military power in Taiwan and welcome the PLA into the island. However, when he really grasped the rights in Taiwan, he wanted to fight for more rights and interests for himself.

After the meeting, he sent a telegram to the People's Liberation Army's Guangdong-Fujian Front Command and expressed his willingness to negotiate with Zhou Enlai on the basis of the 10-point policy for the peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue. There was not a word about the PLA's entry into the island of Taiwan. The request for the PLA Guangdong-Fujian front-line command to enter the island has also been delayed again and again under various pretexts. On 25 September, the Guangdong-Fujian Frontline Command sent a telegram to Sun Liren, asking him to send high-level Taiwan personages to Penghu Island before 27 September to discuss the issue of the People's Liberation Army's entry into the island.

The first thing Sun Liren did when he came to power was to release Li Hong, the former commander of the New Seventh Army, and his wife Ma Zhen, who had been imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for nearly three years, and Chen Mingren, Peng Keli, and other former officers of the New Seventh Army, who had been imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek for nearly three years, and entrusted them with important tasks.

On the 27th, Sun Liren sent Li Hong and Chen Mingren to Penghu Island on his behalf to negotiate with our army on the ten guidelines for the peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue proposed by Zhou Enlai. After arriving at Penghu Island, they met in advance, Guo Tianliang and Chen Guang, who had arrived earlier. When Guo Tianliang listened to Li Hong, Chen Naruto and others explain Sun Liren's thoughts, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as the general seat thinks. At the beginning, when I was studying with Zongzuo, I wondered if we could first arrest the Chiang family father and son like Zhang Xueliang did in the Xi'an Incident, and then negotiate with [***] to accept Zhou Enlai's Ten Principles for the Peaceful Settlement of Taiwan. But when it comes to the math, we don't have that power. Taiwan does not have a force that we can really control on our own. If the soldiers came to the city and wanted the brothers to have a good future, the only way to go was to rebel against Chiang. After I came to Penghu, the PLA formulated a decapitation plan, and after defeating the head of the Kuomintang, let the headquarters take this opportunity to take control of Taiwan's military command, and then withdraw from the coastal forward beachhead to welcome the PLA's advance into Taiwan. If the headquarters is unable to control all military command over Taiwan, it will order the troops that can be controlled to withdraw from the beachhead and welcome the PLA into the island. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will solve the stubborn resistance of the troops on the island of Taiwan on its own. For the general seat and those of us, [***] has also made specific arrangements, the principle is that those who are willing to stay in the army can continue to stay in the army; Those who do not want to stay in the army can arrange new jobs at the central and local levels, and in short, their rank and salary are only higher than those in the Kuomintang. However, now that the general seat wants to deal with the Taiwan issue on a weekly basis, I am afraid that [***] will not agree. In addition, I would like to tell you that the PLA Guangdong and Fujian Frontline Command is very dissatisfied with the reversal of the headquarters. You have to pay attention to your attitude when you talk. Guo Tianliang thought for a while and said, "According to my opinion, we still do what we agreed with [***] in advance, so that it will be good for everyone, so as not to fry the flesh and blood of the armies of the two sides and the lives of the people of Taiwan." As far as I know in the past few days, [***] has made up its mind, the military is strong, and no one can stop the PLA from advancing into Taiwan. Then Guo Tianliang talked about what he had seen and heard on Penghu Island in the past few days.

Receiving Li Hong and Chen Mingren and his entourage were Wan Jun, commander of the 1st Marine Division of the People's Liberation Army, and Xiao Qiang, political commissar. To tell the truth, people like Li Hong and Chen Mingren are very unpopular in the eyes of [***] members like Wan Jun and Xiao Qiang, who have been fighting with the Kuomintang for many years, and in their minds, those who were released by our army and ran back to Taiwan can be any good people, who are definitely diehards of the Kuomintang. This negotiation was supposed to be between Zhu Shaoqing and the political commissar of the 28th Army and the representative of Sun Liren, but this bearded Zhu first pushed him too much about the 28th Army. I was busy here and there, and then I simply said: "Talk, I'll talk to them!" Talking about what is not just about changing is about changing. I don't have the leisure to talk to them, I'll talk about it when we get to Taipei. ”

As soon as the two sides met, Li Hong recognized Xiao Qiang, who was the chief of the political engineering section of the Political Department of the Northeast Military Region in 1948, and after the peaceful liberation of Changchun, he had repeatedly talked to Li Hong, who had been liberated, and advised him not to have any illusions about Chiang Kai-shek's regime, to bring down Chiang Kai-shek, and to liberate the whole of China. But Li Hong hummed and agreed on the surface, but he was unmoved, and finally ran to Taiwan, but what he didn't expect was that he went to Taiwan and put Lao Jiang in prison. I didn't expect to see Xiao Qiang here again today.

After a few words of greeting, Li Hong took the lead and said: "On the orders of Commander-in-Chief Sun Liren, we have come to negotiate with you on the 10-point policy for the peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue put forward by Zhou Enlai.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Wan Jun unceremoniously interrupted Li Hongwen and said: "You have come to the wrong place for what you want to talk about, and when you come to us, we will only talk about the question of when and how our army will be stationed in Taiwan." ”

"There is no contradiction between these two points," Li Hong said, "if you act in accordance with the 10 principles mentioned by your premier, declare Sun Liren as the chief executive of the Taiwan Special Administrative Region, and implement one country, two systems in Taiwan, you can enter the island immediately." ”

"The ten-point policy for the peaceful settlement of the Taiwan issue put forward by Zhou Enlai has a time limit, which means that it was before August 31, 1951, and we officially notified the Kuomintang authorities of this point as early as August 15." Xiao Qiang said: "So this condition no longer exists." At present, the peace talks can only refer to the implementation of the final amendment to the Chinese peace agreement of April 15, 1949. ”

"In that case, we have to go back and discuss with Mr. Sun, I'm afraid it will be difficult for your army to enter the island of Taiwan immediately," Li Hong also said helplessly.

"Whether you can enter the island or not, when you enter the island is not a matter of what your Sun always says," Wan Jun said impatiently: "We are looking for you now, just to give you a chance to be a new person." If you don't know how to cherish it, then it's no wonder to us. ”

"Sir Wan, we are invited by you to talk about the stationing of your army in Taiwan," Li Hong felt very embarrassed, and he said very dissatisfiedly: "What you said is a bit excessive,"

"Not too much, not too much at all," Wan Jun shook his hand and said, "You go back and tell Sun Liren that he has violated the agreement between us by not keeping his word, and he has said that he has decided to revolt, but now he has started to negotiate." We are now skeptical of his sincerity. If he feels that he is stronger than Chiang Kai-shek, he has a way to do it than Chiang Kai-shek. Then he can give it a try. I'm not a person for negotiations, and I like to go straight, so I'll tell you straight, we must march into Taiwan before September 30, and it's up to you how to get in, but in short, we are going to march into Taiwan. ”

"We are all soldiers, and we have all been shooting for decades," Li Hong also hardened up and said, "No one can be scared back with a few words." ”

"Okay," Xiao Qiang said to Li Hong with a smile: "Commander Li, we don't mean to scare you in the slightest, we just inform you, if you still want to fight, it's fine." [***] said: The broom does not run away on its own if it does not reach the dust, as usual. Looking at it now, Sun Liren will not be willing to withdraw from the stage of history. He paused, looked at Li Hong and said, "Commander Li, we are old friends." I can tell you that you can come to Taiwan from Changchun last time, and this time I am afraid it will not be as easy as in Changchun, and you will have nowhere to go again. ”

Guo Tianliang saw that the conversation was so stiff, and knew that if the conversation continued like this, there would be no good results, so he hurriedly said: "Master Wan, Political Commissar Xiao, and Chief Li are also acting on orders. He had just come out of a Kuomintang prison. I don't know much about some of the situations either. ”

Xiao Qiang said: "Tianliang, the matter between us and Sun Liren was handled by you before and after, and you know best what is going on." Now the time for us to liberate Taiwan has been delayed again and again. Having given you enough time, I can now tell you that September 29 is the deadline for your uprising. We can't wait," he said, taking out the supreme chief's "Order to March to Taiwan" and handing it to Guo Tianliang. Said: "This is our order to march, you will discuss it again." Get a telegram to Sun Liren. ”

After the adjournment, Guo Tianliang said: "Everyone has seen [***], the order to march to Taiwan, and the liberation of Taiwan is a foregone conclusion." The situation is now very serious. In my opinion, the final result of the war is the same as the final result of the war. But it's not the same for those of us. war, in the end, we are war criminals; And, we are the heroes who have contributed to the liberation of Taiwan. At present, Wang Shaohui, commander of the 68th Division, has been appointed commander of the First Penghu Garrison Division of the People's Liberation Army and deputy chief of staff of the Penghu Front Command of the People's Liberation Army, with the rank of deputy military officer. The day before yesterday's appointment, I happily invited me to drink with several leaders of the People's Liberation Army in the evening. Hey, I wanted to revolt when we didn't have the capital to negotiate, and now I have some capital and I want to bargain with [***]. I think the general seat is clever and confused on this issue. ”

The military deterrence and the persuasion of Guo Tianliang made Li Hong and the others bow their heads, and they had to consider their future prospects and ways out. In the end, everyone unanimously decided to go back and persuade Sun Liren to give up his unrealistic ideas and welcome the People's Liberation Army into the island as soon as possible. lest you have too many dreams at night, and then you have to do something extraneous and cut off your own back road. As for which troops want to resist, let the PLA solve it on its own.

After explaining the situation to the People's Liberation Army's Guangdong-Fujian front, they immediately rushed back to Taipei by plane. Just when they reported to Sun Liren at the Ministry of National Defense on the situation of the trip to Penghu Island and the negotiations with the People's Liberation Army and their thoughts. The situation in Taiwan has undergone drastic changes that they did not expect.

(To be continued)